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Martínez-Carrascal, Juan Antonio; Hlosta, Martin; Sancho-Vinuesa, Teresa – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
High dropout rates constitute a major concern for higher education institutions, due to their economic and academic impact. The problem is particularly relevant for institutions offering online courses, where withdrawal ratios are reported to be higher. Both the impact and these high rates motivate the implementation of interventions oriented to…
Descriptors: College Students, Online Courses, Withdrawal (Education), At Risk Persons
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Sánchez-Gelabert, Albert; Valente, Riccardo; Duart, Josep M. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
In recent decades, there has been a steady growth in the population who enter higher education in both brick-and-mortar and, in particular, online universities. This has led to an increase in heterogeneous student profiles in a relatively short period of time. The purpose of this paper was to explore the student profiles at a university that gives…
Descriptors: Profiles, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Student Experience
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Josie C. Auger; Janelle M. Baker; Martin Connors; Barbara Martin – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
This paper focuses on the experiences of Indigenous learners at Athabasca University. Having access to online education provided a sense of normalcy for students during the global pandemic while many post-secondary institutions and Indigenous communities were closed. The purpose of the research was two-fold: (1) to determine the dynamics of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Indigenous Populations, Student Characteristics
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Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Cagiltay, Kursat; Celik, Berkan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), capable of providing free (or low cost) courses for millions of learners anytime and anywhere, have gained the attention of researchers, educational institutions, and learners worldwide. Even though they provide several benefits, there are still some criticisms of MOOCs. For instance, MOOCs' high dropout rates…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Student Characteristics
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Subramaniam, Thirumeni T.; Suhaimi, Nur Amalina Diyana; Latif, Latifah Abdol; Kassim, Zorah Abu; Fadzil, Mansor – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This study seeks to investigate the readiness levels of adult students studying in Malaysian higher education institutions. The online questionnaire used in this study consists of 18 demographic variables and 43 items based on six constructs: technical competencies, communication competencies, social competencies, selfefficacy, self-directedness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Readiness, Online Courses, Nontraditional Students
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Idrizi, Ermira; Filiposka, Sonja; Trajkovik, Vladimir – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This article examines the impact of personality traits, learning styles, gender, and online course factors (course difficulty, group affiliation, provided materials, etc.) in the academic success of students taking online courses and their overall success rate through traditional classes. Students' performance in the online learning environment is…
Descriptors: Success, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Bozkurt, Aras – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has a long history, one marked by the emergence of open universities, which was a critical development in the ecology of openness. Open universities have taken on significant local and global roles within the framework of meeting the needs of their respective regions of influence, and as such, their roles have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Distance Education, Educational History
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Wang, Yuan; Baker, Ryan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
In recent years there has been considerable interest in how many learners complete MOOCs, and what factors during usage can predict completion. Others, however, have argued that many learners never intend to complete MOOCs, and take MOOCs for other reasons. There has been qualitative research into why learners take MOOCs, but the link between…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Li, Kam Cheong; Wong, Billy Tak-Ming – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Student persistence has long been a major challenge for open universities. Despite the evolution of open education, an overall high student attrition rate remains. This paper examines the changes and trends in factors related to student persistence in open universities. It reviews the empirical studies from the 1970s to the 2010s which reported…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Open Universities, Student Attrition, Educational Trends
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Cheng, Richard Tsan-Jui – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Scores of studies have established that when learning online, students must be equipped with different sets of strategies and skills than in a physical classroom setting (Anderson, 2003; Broadbent & Poon, 2015; Coiro, 2007; Leu et al., 2007; Michinov, Brunot, Le Bohec, Juhel, & Delaval, 2011; Salmon, 2013). The present study, by virtue of…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Ilgaz, Hale; Gülbahar, Yasemin – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The popularity of online programs that educational institutions offer is continuously increasing at varying degrees, with the major demand coming from adult learners who have no opportunity to access traditional education. These adult learners have to be sufficiently ready and competent for online learning, and have their own varied expectations…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Readiness, Technological Literacy
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Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Müskens, Wolfgang; Krause, Ulrike; Alturki, Uthman; Aldraiweesh, Ahmed – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
A total of 2,338 students at German universities participated in a survey, which investigated media usage patterns of so-called traditional and non-traditional students (Schuetze & Wolter, 2003). The students provided information on the digital devices that they own or have access to, and on their usage of media and e-learning tools and…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Iqbal, Shakeel; Bhatti, Zeeshan Ahmed – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
M-learning is learning delivered via mobile devices and mobile technology. The research indicates that this medium of learning has potential to enhance formal as well as informal learning. However, acceptance of m-learning greatly depends upon the personal attitude of students towards this medium; therefore this study focuses only on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes
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Engle, Deborah; Mankoff, Chris; Carbrey, Jennifer – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Since Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are accessible by anyone in the world at no cost, they have large enrollments that are conducive to educational research. This study examines students in the Coursera MOOC, Introductory Human Physiology. Of the 33,378 students who accessed the course, around 15,000 students responded to items on the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Distance Education